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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Reser
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 9:54 PM
> But you're arguing that we
>should delay it so we can fix some guys error where the kernel doesn't
>think he has a PS/2 mouse port and nobody else has seen this issue. For
>all we know fixing his issue will break something for a huge group of
>people.
>Sometimes fixing things for one thing will break things for other
>people.
I don't know how many times I've had to debug some problem with
windows hardware working, and the _only_ solution is to just use
different hardware. Sure you try new drivers, and reading up
on the problem, and all the rest, but quite often certain
combinations of stuff just don't work together.
(I'm actually very impressed that as much stuff works with linux
as their is, since only a fraction of hardware makers will even
use the word linux on their web sites.)
I had an ATI radeon in a dual amd system at work. No matter what
windows drivers I used, the system would go unstable and crash. My
solution,
an nvidia geforce 2 mx. If a PS2 mouse doesn't work, then try a USB,
or a serial... etc etc.
Admittedly the one previous post mentioned it was an internal
mouse, but if your worse computer problem is having to toss a ps2
mouse in your laptop bag, then well your having a good day.
One final thing. Linux, unlike microsoft, gives you the option if
you want to pay for its continued development. Furthermore, unlike
windows, you are not forced to accept software that does nothing
usefull for you. (In microsoft's SP1 agreement I believe it says
microsoft can install whatever it wants to enforce digital rights
management for instance.)
-Robert
